I dont think the founders, while they were aware of islam, thought about 2025 islamReligious freedom either applies to everyone, or it's meaningless.
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When the constitution was written, Religious freedom referred to the different sects of Christianity. There is no document anywhere where Islam was part of it.Religious freedom either applies to everyone, or it's meaningless.
I'm all for Muslims being free to worship but once the sharia stuff starts creeping up that's where I draw the line. This is not the country for them if that's what they want to push. If they want a Muslim civilization, the middle east or some parts of Asia already offers that.
So we're just picking and choosing when WE are okay with strict ideological communities? 
88m3
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America used to have statues of Muhammad all over the place. I think there are still a few in NYC. It's sad that that the majority have since been torn down.
Pull Up the Roots
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No, it didn't. The Constitution made no such distinctions. It says "free exercise of religion," not "free exercise of only Christian sects." The founders explicitly spoke of religious freedom, and that includes Muslims, Jews, and others. Does the Treaty of Tripoli ring any bells? It literally states that the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion. So what you're saying is ahistorical nonsense.
I'm familiar with your history on here too, so you can go somewhere with all that other bullshyt.
Stop the BS. There is no mention of Islam anywhere in the founding documents.
No, it didn't. The Constitution made no such distinctions. It says "free exercise of religion," not "free exercise of only Christian sects." The founders explicitly spoke of religious freedom, and that includes Muslims, Jews, and others. Does the Treaty of Tripoli ring any bells? It literally states that the government of the United States is not founded on the Christian religion. So what you're saying is ahistorical nonsense.
I'm familiar with your history on here too, so you can go somewhere with all that other bullshyt.
Pull Up the Roots
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There's also no mention of Christianity. The Constitution doesn't name *any* religion, and that's the whole point. It protects *free* exercise, not *selective* exercise based on your preferences.
88m3
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@Pull Up the Roots wants you to be extra tolerant of their intolerance. Perfectly rational behavior.
Which religion do you think the founders meant when they wrote on the back of the dollar note 'In God we trust' ?
Some of the various Christian sects hated each other in Europe and the founders didn't want that here.
Freedom of religion was to guard against it, if we are to go by the original meaning when it was written. They were not debating freedom of religion for Muslims. Just stop it.
I'm all for Muslims worshipping freely but you are being dishonest here.
Why Thomas Jefferson Owned a Qur’an
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Just admit that these muslim activists overplayed their hands and showed their cards too soon and now the backlash is here.
They should have planned better.
Pull Up the Roots
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I'm not defending intolerance, nor am I hand-waving it. You keep trying to exploit justice to launder your hate and bigotry, and no one is buying it, except for the people who are just as dumb and bankrupt as you are. The point is, in this country, they have rights, which are being violated, under the guise of "concern" or "protecting the greater good." But you know that's not what this is about, which is why you had to deflect from the fact that they are following Texas law and Federal law by introducing a bunch of irrelevant fear-mongering and unfounded claims. They are being preemptively denied, so even before they've had a chance to prove anything, they're being judged. Just say you're fine with discrimination when the right group is being targeted.
Still nothing but keystrokes?
They didn't think about 2025 christianity either. Is there a point to this?
